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GH and Peter Bartlett??? :lol:

I wish DAYS would start getting some love. It was the best soap of 2009 and had the best story out of any soap - the baby switch. No other soap had a one year arc the way DAYS had in 2009.

I have a feeling SOD/SOW aren't going to pick DAYS either.

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This is SOD's Best of 2009:

Best Story: DAYS Baby Switch

Most Shocking Plot Twist: OLTL Bo is David's Father

Most Preposterous Plot Twist: Y&R Phillip is Alive

Best Couple: GL Olivia and Natalia

Worst Couple: GH Sonny and Claudia

Most Entertaining Couple: OLTL David and Dorian

Most Tortured Couple: AMC Zach and Kendall

Best Triangle: Y&R Phyllis/Nick/Sharon

Worst Triangle: B&B Brooke/Ridge/Taylor

Biggest Waste of Talent, Male: GH Jason Cook

Biggest Waste of Talent, Female: AMC Beth Ehlers

Best Secret: OLTL Mitch is Rex's Dad

Worst Secret: B&B Justin is Marcus's Father

Best Use of History: OLTL Return of the KAD Rapists

Worst Use of History: GH Luke's secret son with Holly

Best New Character: B&B Bill Spencer

Worst New Character: OLTL Stacy

Most Boring Character: ATWT Alison

Most Boring Couple: DAYS Daniel and Chloe

Best Recast: Y&R Michael Muhney

Worst Recast: AMC Jamie Luner

Best Returns: DAYS Carly and Vivian

Worst Return: Y&R Deacon

Best Villain: AMC David

Worst Villain: ATWT Zac and Zoe

Best Hero: AMC Jake

Worst Hero: ATWT Jack

Best Weddings: Y&R (Chloe & Billy, Kay & Murphy, Lily & Cane)

Worst Weddings: AMC (Reese & Bianca, Adam & Annie, the 'slew of quickie nups' such as David/Krystal)

Best Non-Wedding: GH "Spixie"

Best Frenemies: B&B Donna and Pam

Best Psycho: Y&R Patty

Worst Psycho: DAYS Meredith

Best Teen Story: GH Dating Abuse

Worst Teen Story: OLTL Llanview "High"

Best Family: AMC's Hubbards

Worst Family: DAYS Kate's

Most Rejuvenated Family: ATWT Hugheses

Best Female Bonding: GH Ladies of Port Charles

Best Tearjerker: Y&R Brad's Death

Worst Exits: DAYS Steve & Kayla and John & Marlena

Most Creative use of Location: GH Hospital Carnival

Worst Cliffhanger: GL What happened to Jeffrey?

Best Special Episodes: B&B Price is Right, OLTL Grey Gardens

Most Improved Show: GL

"Giving this title to GL is terribly bittersweet... but 72 years of treasured history and beloved characters did not go quietly into the celluloid night..."

Most Disappointing Show: AMC

(Stories botched, such as Reese/Bianca; backburnering characters such as Tad and Krystal; introducing and dropping major plot points such as with Josh and Dixie's stories.)

Best Show: OLTL

"This year, OLTL held on to its title and continued to push the envelope with a compelling gay storyline, history-twisting reveals, a forbidden love triangle and some major story payoff."

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Michael Logan has been in GH's pocket for years. Lisa Lo Cicero? Really?

I like her but wow that role sucks. Frankly, I'd almost've been for her simply playing another recast of a role she used to be up for, Lois Cerullo, and doing the same storyline with Lois (who has a past with Sonny) while also using her to bring the Qs back into focus.

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I guess those millions of viewers who left are just darn stupid and not intelligent enough to recognize the show's brilliance.

I'm still a little perplexed at how he couldn't recognize Days but of course he will next year because one of his faves, CC will have been front and center for a full year.

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This is all pretty predictable. Logan is desperate to seem hip, and he has usually fawned over GH and Braeden because he thinks they are hip. I do agree that GH is for folks who like Rescue Me -- if you enjoy insecure machismo fests where unattractive, tic-laden men get all the hot babes, where minorities are nowhere to be found, and where rape is either no big deal or actually something the woman finds hot, then you will enjoy both shows.

As for Peter Bartlett, I'm sure he is a fine actor on the stage, but on OLTL, he seems one-note to me (to the point where they have to use comedy teeth to even show a difference between Neville and Nigel), and I didn't realize until the past few years how much Phil Carey helped him.

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